Waldorf Education celebrates its centenary

Christof Wiechert and Claus Peter Roeh were the two keynote speakers.

Waldorf Education has been a part of the Thai education system for more than 20 years. It is actively involved with education reform here.

The Waldorf school movement is the largest free school movement in the world with about 1,100 schools and more than 2,000 kindergartens.

As part of the 2019 worldwide celebration, ‘The Waldorf 100 International Pedagogical Conference’ was held at Panyotai School in Bangkok from May 5 to May 11.  

More than 250 teachers, educators and parents from over 20 countries participated in the conference.

Benyapa Akraprued performing "The Bowl of Flowers Dance" or "Fon Khan Dok. a traditional northern Thai blessing dance at the opening ceremony of the Waldorf 100 Thailand Conference at Panyotai Waldorf School.

One of the participants in the conference was Mrs. Jorinde Stockmar from Germany. She stays in Asia for about 3 months a year to advise Waldorf Schools in Thailand and Malaysia. Her grandfather founded the Stockmar company in Germany.

Together with Waldorf teachers, Stockmar developed the world-famous art materials, such as modeling wax, watercolors, colouring blocks and crayons made from beeswax that are used in Waldorf Schools.

To find out more see http://Waldorfsupplies.org.

Exhibitors Mr. Holger Lauterbach and his son Leonard from Germany took part in the conference. Mr. Lauterbach co-founded a Waldorf School 37 years ago in his hometown and worked there for 7 years as a managing director.